Ventura Raceway to host Vintage motorcycles

VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE RACES CELEBRATE ASCOT GREATS
VENTURA, Calif. (Sept. 24, 2008) -- Many of the greatest
names in the history of flat track motorcycle racing will be reunited
with their bikes and many of their fans...

VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE RACES CELEBRATE ASCOT GREATS

VENTURA, Calif. (Sept. 24, 2008) -- Many of the greatest
names in the history of flat track motorcycle racing will be reunited
with their bikes and many of their fans Saturday at Ventura Raceway.

The occasion is the Vintage Outlaw Motorcycle Races: Ascot
Reunion. The spectator gates open at 3 p.m. The practice sessions begin
at 3, followed by an autograph session at 4 and the first heat races at
5.

"The main event is dedicated to the late Dick Hammer," said
Vintage Outlaw Motorcycle organizer Daniel Schoenewald. "He was among
the winningest riders at Ascot Park."

Parker said members of the Hammer family have indicated they
will attend the event and watch the Dick Hammer Memorial Main Event.

The event reunites riders that made their careers at Ascot
Park, the famed track in Gardena that closed in 1990. Parker said Ventura
Raceway Jim Naylor arranged with the Agajanian family, the promoters at
Ascot Park, for the use of the Ascot name.

"It was motorcycle racing's greatest half mile track,"
Schoenewald said of Ascot. "We've invited the biggest names in the
sport to come and celebrate Ascot's history and enjoy the racing."

The riders who have indicated they will be in attendance
include Daytona 200 winner and 1970 Grand National champion Gene Romero,
former World Champion Billy Hamill and Eddie Wirth, who won the Ascot
flat track motorcycle champion and later became the 1985 CRA sprint car
champ. Wirth is one of the few men to have won both a riding and driving
championship at Ascot.

The autograph session will allow fans to visit with the
sport's living history.

More information on the Vintage Outlaw Motorcycle Races:
Ascot Reunion is available at www.venturaraceway.com.